Shirtwaist-belt



J; S. BRIERLY.

SHIRTWAIST BELT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29.1919.

1,331,557. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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' JEANNETTE s. BRIEBLY, or PELi-iAM; NEW YORK sHm'rWAIs'r-BEL'r.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EANNETTE S. BRIERLY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Pelham, in the county of Westchester and Stateof New York, (whose post-office address is 124 6th avenue, Pelham, NewYork,) have invented certain new and useful Im provements inShirtwaist-Belts for Women, of which the following is a specification,taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part ofthe same.

My invention relates to shirt waist belts for women and moreparticularly to shirt waist belts as separate articles of manufacturewhich can be sold as such at any dry goods store.

It is the common practice for women who wear shirt waists to pin thelower edge of the shirt waist to the corset. This causes the pin or pinsto tear the shirt waist, particularly if it is made of silk or some suchmaterial. Also in the present practice every time the shirt waist isworn the gathers have to be reformed, and generally elastics have to bereplaced, all of which takes time and is an annoyance to the user.

By my invention all these delays and annoyances and damage to the shirtwaist are avoided.

In the accompanyin drawing showing different illustrative em odiments ofmy invention, the same numerals refer to similar parts in the severalfigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shirt waist belt shown as aseparate article of manufacture.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view on an enlarged scale showing theshirt waist secured in the belt.

Fig. 3 is a View of a woman wearing one of the belts.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of my belt showing a differentmanner of securing the shirt waist in the belt.

In the illustrative embodiments of my invention shown in the drawing 1is my shirt waist belt formed preferably of two thicknesses of strongfabric 2 and 3, secured along their lower meeting edges with stitches 5.Secured preferably by the same stitches are one or more tabs, 6, 6,preferably four. These tabs I preferably locate on the belt so that tWoof them will be in front, as shown in Fig. 3, and two of them in theback. Also the same stitches 5 secure tapes 7, 7 for holding safety pins8, 8, or other suit- Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 29, 1919. Serial No.'314,067.

thetabs 6 to the corset i The user buying one of these shirt waist beltscan herself apply it to a shirt waist 10 by inserting the lower edge 11between the strips 2 and 3 and secure the belt and the shirt waisttogether, in any suitable manner, as by the row of stitching 12. Shewould of course first regulate the gathers.

These belts would be made in different sizes. By bringing the center ofthe back of the shirt waist opposite the center of the belt, beforesecuring the two together, the tabs 6, 6 will always assume theircorrect positions.

The shirtwaist 10 can then be worn by simply securing the tabs 6 to thecorset 9 by means of the safety pins 8. This will not requirerearrangement of the gathers each time that the shirtwaist is worn,avoids replacing of elastics, besides protects the shirtwaist from beingtorn and pulling out, particularly under the arms, which gives an untidyand careless appearance to the user.

My belt 1 can be readily removed from one shirt waist and applied toanother simply by ripping the line of stitching 12. It may be left onthe shirtwaist until that shirtwaist is worn out, or may be removed atany time.

In some cases I may form my belt 13, Fig. 4 with a plurality ofremovable fasteners 14, 14 which pass throygh the lower end 11 of theshirtwaist 10 and snap into the sockets 15, 15. The shirtwaist can beeasily removed for washing, or to allow the belt to be used with anothershirtwaist, by pulling the sockets 15, 15 from the fasteners 14, 14, thesame as is done in an ordinary glove fastener.

Having thus described my invention in connection with illustrativeembodiments thereof, but not desiring to be limited to the detailsshown, what is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure byLetters Patent is set forth in the appended claims:

1. A new article of manufacture comprising a shirt waist belt for women,comprising the belt proper with means to receive the shirtwaist, tabssecured to the belt and securing means to secure the tabs to the corsetof the wearer.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a shirt waist belt for womenhaving an open' belt portion to receire the lower edge of the shirtwaist, means to secure the shirt waist in the open belt and at the-sametimeclose the belt, tabs on the belt, and securing means to secure thetabs to the corset of't'hei the; new"amideer' manuractuie'compris: ing aremovable shirt waist beltfor women having an open belt portion totemporarily hold the' lower edge of theshirt waist, means to temporarilyclose the belt portion, means toclose the lower portion of the belt andat the sametime secure the. shirt waist tabscarried by the belt, andmeans to secure the tabszto the corset of the wearer.

4.;A new article of manufacture compris ing a removable shirt waistbe'ltfor women to be used with one or more shirt waists,

"having a belt portion'- formed of two layers of material secured alongone of their meeting edges and free at their other meeting edge and.adapted to receive between them

